Child Actress Gladys Smith’s Early Road to Stardom
Gladys Smith recalls starting in Toronto stock and touring with a family troupe. She describes mother Lottie and brother Jack joining traveling companies, the leverage of a manager’s offer, and lessons from Mrs. Gish as she balances education, ambition, and family survival on the road.
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Mary Pickford
Hayden Talbot
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Canada
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Lillian Gish
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Thad
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Re‘arsals
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Topluhour
Mogay
Toronto Stock Company
Stason
Mother
Eck
Jay
Agai
Dianager
No One Like Mother Says Mary And Mia In Tale
A humorous Pickford reminiscence recalls a Brooklyn theater episode where Mary, then young and earning ten cents, asks for three Hippodrome tickets. The box office grants tickets. she offers a dime and promises to repay later, highlighting her early resolve and stage kinship.
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Hangar Door Nears Completion At Lakehurst New Jersey
A massive Navy Airship Hangar at Lakehurst New Jersey is nearing completion. It measures 803 feet long 264 feet wide and 191 feet high and will house the R-1 and ZR-2 dirigibles under construction in Philadelphia and England respectively.
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Navy Airship Hangar
League Island Navy Yard
Philadelphia
England
United States Navy Department
America
Asbeston
Milgrimate Milestone Play Opens Open Air Theater
In Los Angeles on June 17 the second annual presentation of The Life of Christ, a Milgrimate play, will start July 1 at the open air theater in Fl Camino Real Canyon Hollywood. The private enterprise aims to entertain Southern California and visitors, with earnings reinvested in equipment, costumes, and leading actors.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Christ
Fl Camino Real Canyon
Hollywood
Here
Southern California
Wisiters
Britishers to Write On U. S. Constitution
The American ambassador George Harvey offers a prize of 26 pounds for an essay on the constitution of the United States. The contest is open to undergraduates from the University of London not more than ten years standing.
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George Harvey
United States
University of Laidon
Engine Commemorates Men Who Fell in War
A locomotive on the Great Central railway in London has been chosen as a memorial to the company’s employees who died in the war. The engine, a modern mainline locomotive, bears the inscription Valor and a large memorial inscription beneath the name, honoring those who fell.
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London
Juan
Great Center Railway
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